Emergency services welcome new Ara Tūhono motorway

The newly opened Puhoi to Warkworth motorway Ara Tūhono features one of the longest uninterrupted stretches without an exit on any motorway in New Zealand – 18km between the Puhoi northbound offramp and the Pukerito roundabout, just north of Warkworth. Users of the SH1 between Silverdale and Albany may know the frustration of having forgotten something at home on the Coast, and having to travel all the way to the Oteha Valley Road exit before being able to head back north. The new motorway – a four-lane dual carriageway, separated by a central median with a wire rope safety barrier – is more t...